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Parvoviruses
ssDNA
-Gastroenteritis
Adenovirus
dsDNA
-Respiratory infections
Papillomavirus (Human Wart Virus)
(include transmission)
dsDNA
-Trans: direct contact, STD (direct contact)
-Human warts, benign (non-spreading, non cancerous) tumors, genital warts (increases chance of cervical cancer)
Orthopoxvirus (poxvirus)
(include transmission)
dsDNA
-Trans: respiratory secretion, direct contact with open lesions
-Small pox
What type of infections are herpes viruses (list the viruses)
Latent infection
-Dormant
-(ie. spinal cord)
-Herpes simplex I & II, Varicella Zoster Virus, Herpes Zoster, and Epstein-Barr virus
Herpes simplex I virus (HSV)
(include transmission)
dsDNA
-Oral cavity
-Trans: respiratory secretion, direct contact
-Fever blisters, cold sores
Herpres simplex II virus (HSV)
(include transmission)
dsDNA
-Trans: direct contact
-Genital herpes, cervical cancer, herpes of newborn and fetus
How would a newborn/fetus contract Herpes Simplex II virus? How would it affect newborns
Newborn:
-contract from birth canal
-Cause brain damage, blindness, deafness

Fetus:
-May cross placenta
Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) (Herpesvirus III)
(include transmission)
dsDNA
-Trans: respiratory secretion
-Chicken pox (childhood)
Herpes Zoster
(include transmission)
dsDNA
-Trans: mutates from VZV (Varicella Zoster Virus)
-Shingles (adulthood)
Epstein-Barr virus
(include transmission)
dsDNA
-Trans: saliva
-Infectious mononucleosis, chronic fatigue syndrome
Hepatitis B virus
(include transmission)
dsDNA
-Trans: body fluids
-Serum Hepatitis (Hepatitis B) (progressive liver infection; chronic, long term liver disease)
Hepatitis A virus
(include transmission & treatment)
ssRNA (Enterovirus)
-Trans: oral fecal
-Infectious Hepatitis (non-chronic liver disease)
-Treat: Gamma globulin shot (reformed antibodies)
Poliovirus
(include transmission & list 2 vaccines)
ssRNA (Enterovirus)
-Trans: oral-fecal
-Poliomyelitis (Polio) (Paralysis > respiratory failure
-Vaccine: Salk & Sabin
Describe the Salk vaccine (include how capsid looks, chemical used)
Inactivated vaccine (1954) (Polio)
-"Dead vaccine" inactivated by Formalin
-Capsid is chopped up into pieces
Describe the Sabin vaccine
Attenuated vaccine (1963) (Polio)
-"Living vaccine" genetically altered to remove virulent factors
Rhinovirus (cold viruses)
(include transmission, vaccine)
ssRNA
-Trans: formite > hands > mouth
-Common cold, bronchitis
-Vaccine: No due to fast mutation of virus
Hepatitis E Virus (HEV)
(include transmission)
ssRNA
-Trans: oral-fecal
-Liver infection (non-chronic, short term)
Arboviruses
(include transmission)
ssRNA
-Trans: arthropod vectors (ie. mosquitoes)
-Eastern/Western Equine Encephalitis (EEE/WEE)
Rubella virus
(include transmission)
ssRNA
-Trans: respiratory secretion
-Rubella (German measles) (mild infection for adults), Congenital Rubella Syndrome
Describe the effects of Congenital Rubella Syndrome
1st trimester of pregnancy:
-Birth defects, blidness, deafness, mental retardation, death

Congenital: can cross placenta
Flavivirus (Arbovirus)
(include transmission)
ssRNA
-Trans: Arthropod vectors (ie. mosquitoes, fleas, flies)
-Yellow fever (acute, chronic liver disease), Dengue fever (break bone fever) (sand flies, Dengue hemorrhagic fever: blled out, lungs fill with blood), St. Louis & West Nile Encephalitis (SLE & WNE)
Hepatitis C Virus
(include transmission)
ssRNA
-Trans: body fluids, blood/plasma, tattoo (dyes)
-Hepatitis (chronic liver disease)
Influenza Virus A, B, C
(include transmission & mutation)
ssRNA
-Trans: respiratory secretion, birds (ducks)
-Influenza mutations, secondary bacterial infections (ie. Haemophilus influenzae) (Step. pneumoniae, Staph, aureus)
Paramyxovirus
(include transmission & vaccine)
ssRNA
-Trans: respiratory
-Mumps (parotid salivary glands), Measles (Rubeola) (very contagious) (1/1000 gets encephalitis)
-MMR vaccine (Mumps, Measles, Rubella)
Lyssavirus (Rabies virus)
(include transmission)
ssRNA
-Trans: contact with infected saliva of animal
-Rabies (fatal encephalitis)
Ebola virus
(include transmission)
ssRNA
-Trans: contact with bodily fluid, respiratory, animal reservoir (ie. bats, green monkey)
-Ebola fever (Hemorrhagic fever)
Marburg virus
ssRNA
-Genetically engineered
-Hemorrhagic fever
Hantavirus
(include transmission)
ssRNA
-Trans: rodent's dried urine & feces (mouse, air born)
-Pulmonary distress syndrome, Hemorragic fever
Bunyavirus (California Encephalitis virus)
(include transmission)
ssRNA
-Trans: mosquitoes
-California Encephalitis
Hepatitis D virus
(include transmission & requirement for disease)
ssRNA
-Trans: body fluids
-Hepatitis (acute infection, severe liver damage)
-Defective RNA virus by itself, requires coinfection with Hepatitis B virus
Retrovirus: Oncoviruses
dsRNA
-Tumors, cancers (leukemia)
Retrovirus: Lentivirus (HIV)
dsRNA
-Acquired Human Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Describe Retroviruses
-Includes all RNA tumor viruses & HIV virus
-Includes Reverse Transcription viruses that contain Reverse Transcriptase and also produces a Provirus